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if the NBA finals were played right now, with the Heat against the Lakers, and you had to root for one of them.... - prayformojo Aug 13, 10:08 5
- Gun to my head I root for *sigh* the Lakers. :-( - Krusty Aug 13, 10:15
- Miami -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:09
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- Lakers, purely for Steve Nash. -- nm - Shaun Aug 13, 10:09
- Death. Sweet, sweet death. -- nm - Stephen Aug 13, 10:09
9 of the Coolest Secret Subway Stations in the World -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:05 2
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- The bit about FDR is crazy. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:09
here's a poll: how confident are you romney's taxes will ever get out? - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 09:52 27
- they're not coming out. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 10:00
- 85%. I presume he wants to win the election. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:00 15
  - If the Dems keep pounding it with no groundswell support, it'll eventually poll as a petty tactic. But yeah, I could see Romney flopping to follow -- nm - groundswell polls. Aug 13, 10:03 1
    - And you need a groundswell of support to bring up issues why, exactly? -- nm - SuperPACs Aug 13, 10:08
  - Would this change your vote? -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:03 7
    - It would gain a modicum of respect, something his campaign hasn't managed thus far. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:08
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      - I accept 1990s World Series rings. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:08 3
        
        you want a 1996, 1998, or 1999 ring? -- nm - Jovian Aug 13, 10:09 2
        
        96 especially. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:11 1
        
        92! 92! -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:12
      - ???? Dude. Relax. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:07
  - I guess I should add that I am assuming there is nothing in there that would cost him the election. -- nm - David Aug 13, 10:01 4
    - If there was nothing there that would have cost him the election, he would have released them months ago -- nm - amoxy Aug 13, 10:02 3
      - Not necessarily, maybe it's a distraction. :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:02 2
        
        also, if he does a big unveiling - free press for his campaign. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:03 1
        
        (This makes him the Lebron James of politicians) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:04
- 50% -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 09:58
- 24% -- nm - Max Aug 13, 09:58
- Pretty low. I think the pressure will eventually end up on Obama/Reid to stop bringing it up. -- nm - Inigo Aug 13, 09:56
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  - yup. he has zero intention of releasing them. -- nm - Jovian Aug 13, 10:02
  - this -- nm - Old Antarctic Explorer Aug 13, 09:59
- 65% confidence. Not releasing them is the right of any private citizen, but he wants to become a public servant of the highest order. - Beryllium Aug 13, 09:55
- Pretty confident that they won't - though it's besides the point anyway. The issue will stay in the news regardless. -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 09:54
- Ever? I'm with you, about 25% -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:53
- I'm 99% confident that they won't. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:52
So Friday we spent about 1 1/2 hours after work tearing the office apart trying to find my boss' lost prescriptions for his pain meds. Today i'm - Stephen Aug 13, 09:38
story on the problems with artificial sweetners and diets...... -- (link) - groiny Aug 13, 09:38 15
- Mmmmm.... - kelly Aug 13, 10:00 6
  - yeah, I think a small % of what is stated there is actually true. - groiny Aug 13, 10:02 5
    - I tried stevia and can't stand the taste. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 10:04 4
      - some people liked sweet n low, but I hated it. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 10:05 3
        
        Sweet and low is vile stuff. -- nm - kelly Aug 13, 10:09 2
        
        I know, I am shocked when people choose it over Splenda. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 10:10 1
        
        I use Splenda quite a bit, but it's expensive stuff -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:11
- Do consider the source, though. -- (link) - Beryllium Aug 13, 09:43 7
  - yeah, he seems to like to think everything is bad for you. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 13, 09:45 2
    - Yeah, I don't trust him at all with the science. He is very quackish in a lot of things. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 10:00 1
      - I believe in any of these reports, there are fragments of truth in there. - groiny Aug 13, 10:12
  - the microwave oven thing is pure quackery. - Reagen Aug 13, 09:45 3
    - wow, sunscreen gives you skin cancer, and an anti-vaccer. -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 09:48 2
      - He's the king anti-vaxer these days. People cite him as an expert. but he doesn't actually seem to understand how the immune system works. -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 10:01
      - but other than that... -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 09:49
US destroyer collides with tanker in Straight of Hormuz -- (link) - Beaker Aug 13, 09:35
Someone posted a Skrillex gif on local venue's forum. I'm obviously not seeing anything better online the rest of the day. -- (link) - MDH Aug 13, 09:30 [Image]
What owner of Zagat just bought Frommer's? Why, Google did... -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 13, 09:26
My money is on Ryan having a skeleton in the closet that blows the Romney campaign out of the water. - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 13, 09:20 25
- insider trading? -- (link) - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 10:02
- It's called his budget. - Dano Aug 13, 09:28 20
  - His budget cut ideas will hurt him with independents. - Inigo Aug 13, 09:32 18
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      - IIRC, Obama's plan started reducing the deficit by 2022ish, but it wasn't actually a balanced budget. -- nm - Inigo Aug 13, 09:38 13
        
        Pet peeve: I love plans from presidents that begin to fix things YEARS after they've left office. Those are awesome. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:39 12
        
        As treasurer of my condo I'm still fixing problems caused by previous board members 20 years ago. That time span is realistic, not a pipedream. - Max Aug 13, 10:02 4
        
        Sure. I will grant that waving a magic wand and making things go away instaneously is silly. - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:09
        
        The correct way to go seems to be having plans on both timescales ... - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:06 2
        
        Paul Martin did it for Canada -- nm - Beaker Aug 13, 10:06 1
        
        We'd be so much better off with him as PM again ... - Beryllium Aug 13, 10:11
        
        That's why they always introduce 5-year plans. -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 13, 09:43 6
        
        It's not going to be liked by many people here, but I don't care. Mitt's Day 1 Plan -- (link) - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:00 5
        
        I like the trade promotion authority, at least. - mafic Aug 13, 10:09 1
        
        Yeah, that China thing is hot air. There's no way he'd actually do it. - Inigo Aug 13, 10:12
        
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        I would hope more details will be fleshed out as we get closer to November. - Strongbad Aug 13, 10:12 1
        
        eh, the specifics of his plan can wait until after the election, I'm sure. :) -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 10:14
      - IIRC Obama also ignored the recommendations of the deficit commission. (Republicans rejected it too) -- nm - Roger More Aug 13, 09:36 2
        
        Yeah. I recall no one wanted to touch the Bowles-Simpson budget plan politically. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 09:38
        
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  - or his (or romney's) own fool mouth -- nm - Beryllium Aug 13, 09:31
- I doubt it. Ryan's been disliked by enough powerful people that they would have found that by now. -- nm - Inigo Aug 13, 09:25
- I'm sure Romney has a bigger skeleton somewhere. - ceregon Aug 13, 09:24 1
  - I actually figure that is why he is not releasing his taxes. When the real secret hits, it is game over, anyway. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:25
In the past month at work, we've had a new email system, new calendar system and new voice mail system put in - prayformojo Aug 13, 09:17 2
- that picture of Blake Lively you chose for the front page make her look like she's in a 1940s fitness film. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 09:24 1
  - the shorts are strangely-waisted -- nm - prayformojo Aug 13, 09:36
Scale of 1- 10 Paul Ryan's affect of the Pres Race either positive or negattive - quint Aug 13, 09:15 6
- positive or negative for whom? - znufrii Aug 13, 09:16 5
  - I think it clarifies how Romney plans to President, something about which we knew very little until this weekend -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:13 1
    - Should be a reply to eag -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 10:14
  - For Romney -- nm - eag Aug 13, 09:17 1
    - 0 Does nothing. -- nm - MDH Aug 13, 09:26
  - The answer is -3. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:17
Thank you all for the birthday wishes! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 13, 09:14 7
- happy birthday! -- nm - Epiphany Aug 13, 09:55
- Happy birthday! Hope you have a great day. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:30
- happy birthday! -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 09:29
- Happy Birthday, birthday stealer! -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 09:28
- Happy Birthday Mop! -- nm - Jovian Aug 13, 09:27
- I am going to wish you Happy Birthday on Thursday... - amoxy Aug 13, 09:16
- Where was I? Happy happy! -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:15
One more Breaking Bad question (spoiler) - amoxy Aug 13, 09:14
Sitwap? Five Guys Burgers and Fries review (let me slide to the *spot*!) -- (link) - prayformojo Aug 13, 09:05 [youtube] 1
- LOL @ ghetto grocery bag - hilarious -- nm - JenBro Aug 13, 09:18
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- The guy is 42. We all have our young and crazy days! -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 09:19 4
  - he's the first Gen X candidate! -- nm - loosilu Aug 13, 10:02
  - Out of my head, you! -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:34 1
    - When I saw this, my first thought was "YSMM" -- (link) - con_carne Aug 13, 09:42 [Backboard]
  - I can't believe I'm the same age as a VP candidate. I feel old :( -- nm - decline Aug 13, 09:30
- This page has all of his "key" votes since 1999. -- (link) - GregW Aug 13, 09:18 3
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- I've seen references to the fact that his voting record doesn't match up with someone who values a balanced budget as the top issue. -- nm - Dano Aug 13, 09:13 25
  - and the whole notion of him being someone who value a balanced budget is completely wrong - znufrii Aug 13, 09:28 21
    - That can't be right. He's not able to eliminate the deficit until 2040? - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:38
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      - It's my understanding that the "do nothing" projection gets to a balanced budget by 2022 or something like that. -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 09:46
      - that is my understanding based on what I've come across so far. - znufrii Aug 13, 09:42
      - It seems to be deficit. Wow! (I'll try to find who did the evaluation) -- (link) - Roger More Aug 13, 09:41 14
        
        thx -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:50
        
        From the key points of the budget "The non-partisan CBO estimates that this budget will balance and begin to produce annual surpluses by 2040 - Roger More Aug 13, 09:47
        
        That's disheartening. But on the bright side, he gets a big portion of the way there by 2023. -- nm - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:44 10
        
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        yup. it's sole purpose is to shrink the size of the federal government. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:49 6
        
        Which, based on the increases we've seen since FDR and the cooresponding hit on future generations' debt - Strongbad Aug 13, 09:56 4
        
        I'm not sure it is a good thing. I mean, it would be a good thing if the US was, say, France. But it's not France. - Roger More Aug 13, 10:03
        
        now, I think that's a conversation worth having, on the proper role and size of government - znufrii Aug 13, 10:03
        
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        basically, this. - znufrii Aug 13, 10:09
        
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        there are times when I do think "fuck it, let them have their way and fuck it up good, we'll pick up the pieces". -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 09:47
        
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      - aren't those the same thing? or do you mean debt? -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 09:36 1
        
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  - illustrates an observation I've had for a while now - znufrii Aug 13, 09:23 2
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    - The IM is pretty much a way of life for Evangelical Christians, a key part of the GOP base -- nm - con_carne Aug 13, 09:26
- I don't know, but that New York magazine article that mandy posted earlier (and is very interesting) discusses it (though not quantitatively). -- nm - pmb Aug 13, 09:10 2
  - Or the WaPo summary titled: We read the Paul Ryan New Yorker profile so you don�t have to -- (link) - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 13, 09:17 1
    - My article was from new York. Not the new yorker. -- nm - Amanda Aug 13, 09:40
- No specifics, but he is often referred to as just another rubber stamp for Bush. - GregW Aug 13, 09:10
- if you know the bill numbers, you can look them up here. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 13, 09:05 10
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    - Girls, girls! You're both beautiful! -- nm - Mop (197 lbs) Aug 13, 09:15
    - here, then. - znufrii Aug 13, 09:12 2
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        Eh, I was just a kid then. -- nm - Paul Ryan Aug 13, 09:19
    - give a man a fish... -- nm - mafic Aug 13, 09:10 3
      - I prefer... - znufrii Aug 13, 09:13 2
        
        Build a man on fire? You are one weird dude. -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:16 1
        
        nah, just a crappy typer. -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:16
    - *shrug* -- nm - znufrii Aug 13, 09:09
- wait for it -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:04
After getting caught lying, Lane Kiffin has dropped out of voting in the USA Today coaches' poll. -- nm - David Aug 13, 09:02 2
- speaking of endemic corruption... -- nm - Reagen Aug 13, 09:04
- I heard this on the radio and laughed. - Krusty Aug 13, 09:02
nobody cares, but I am just getting *crap* tiles vs. maxine in scrabs lately. the gods *hate* me. -- nm - TEAM PANDA Aug 13, 09:02
Instant Messaging Ailment First! -- nm - The Dark Spawn Aug 13, 09:02

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